The Question:

My son came home and asked me when KOOL-AID was invented, and by
who. Can you help?

The Answer:

According to Kraft Foods, Kool-Aid was
invented around 1927 by
Edwin Perkins and his wife Kitty in Hastings, Neb.

The couple was running a mail order business called Perkins
Products Company, which sold over 125 products nationally. One of the
couple's best sellers was a drink syrup called Fruit Smack. In an
effort to cut shipping costs, Perkins got rid of the 4 oz. glass
bottles that Fruit Smack syrup was sold in and instead packaged it as
a concentrated powder in an envelope. Kool-Aid was born.